Bangeskiya's mother has had 7 pregnancies so far, here is the history of the pregnancies: 1st was a fresh stillbirth, male 2nd the same thing, male 3rd escaped by the whiskers, female. 4th another fresh stillbirth, male 5th yet another fresh stillbirth, male 6th died few hours after delivery, male 7th, this one, came out unresponsive but God, through a better health system, kept her. The recurring decimal in her story is that of fetal exhaustion that is succeeded by a high fever as witnessed in the one that survived for few hours. Pregnancy, labour and ultimately birth isn't a sickness. It is a normal progression that most times should culminate in the delivery of a child. In some cases, problems arise. Now if you do not have a skilled professional around to guide and take decisions as fast as possible, the above outcomes will become a recurring decimal. She had no professional care as most places she presented too, again and again, were not professionals but quacks who opened clinics because the surveillance team of government that checks all these is defective. Either there is a lack of political will or underfunding or something else.
This case brings to the fore the importance of having doctors in close proximity to the rural dwellers. What most people have are just extension workers who are not skilled in taking life and death decisions and exploring them to the latter. The rural doctor initiative, RDI, is still working on a frame work where partnership with agencies of government and nongovernmental bodies, to deploy more scarce doctors to more rural areas will affect the statistics of health care delivery to the very poor and change the narrative. It hasn't been easy. Bangeskiya is being prepped up for discharge. Mother, in the interview below, is appreciating all of you out there for your help thus far. Good morning.
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